Genesis 7:17

Genesis chapter 7 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

Context

v.16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in.

v.17This passage

v.18And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 7:12

    And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

  • Genesis 7:4

    For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.